Cosmocarta relata Distant
Taxonomic position
Insecta: Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Cercopidae
Common name
Jack spittle bug
Habitat / Crop(s) damaged
Jack. The bugs appear on the tender shoots and foliage causing the leaves to curl up and some times they appear in swarms covering the whole area with frothy secretion (Ayyar, 1940).
Pest status
Minor.
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